From 6am next Monday the February 17th 2020, the Gardaí are rolling out new go safe speed van locations. Millstreet is now included in this and the road concerned is from The Square up to the top of Drishane Hill (see the map below). The reason it has been included seems to be that there has recently been one serious and two minor accidents on that stretch of road (R583). It’s not a big change because it has been for good reason a favourite spot for the Gardaí to check for speeding. The message now would seem to be that if people are consistently speeding and accidents are a problem on a road, the speed vans will arrive. It’s a good thing if it gets people to slow down.
A Crime Prevention Meeting will take place on Tuesday February 6th at 8pm in the Wallis Arms Hotel
Members of An Garda Síochána will attend. Information will be available on the Personal Alarms for the Elderly & it will be the final opportunity to sign up for Millstreet Text Alert 2018.
Everyone is welcome.
After the War of Independence, the Civic Guard (later renamed the Garda Síochána na hÉireann) was formed by the Provisional Government in February 1922 to take over the responsibility of policing the fledgling Irish Free State. It replaced the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) and the Irish Republican Police of 1919–22. It was a dangerous time as the Civil War was taking place, made worse for its initial members, as many were former R.I.C, but join they did, and from all over the country
Last weekend the registers of the first applicants to the new Civic Guard (successful and unsuccessful) were released online by the Garda Museum. We have found 15 who applied from the Millstreet area, out of about 7,500 applications from 1922 to 1924. Here are a quick list of those men, and below is each applicant’s record in more detail:
Timothy Buckley, Ballyvouskil
Cornelius Dennehy, Keale
James O’Connell, Knockacarracoosh
Denis Kelleher, Cloghouldbeg
Patrick Murphy, Ahane
William Cashman, Laught
John Cronin, Meenskehy
Jeremiah O’Riordan, Pound Hill
Michael Thornton, Drishanebeg
Timothy Cremin, Millstreet
Patrick J Horgan, Keale
Cornelius Dennehy, Liscreagh
Cornelius O’Sullivan, Lisnabee
Denis Buckley, Glountane West
Jeremiah Horgan, Keale
The first advertisement for the Civic Guard (February 1923) reads: The Freestate – An Gárda Síochána We are recruiting two thousand (2,000) men for An Ghárda Síochana Conditions: Age — –19-27 Height – 5′ 9″ Chest —-36″ Health—-Good Examination subjects (1)write a simple letter (2) dictation, a small amount to write (3) numeracy, simple questions to solve 500 places are reserved for fluent Irish speakers We will only accept applications from individuals who worked on behalf of Ireland against England during the war against England Send applications to the office of An Gárda Síochána nearest to you or write directly to Eoin O’Duffey, Commissioner, An Gárda Síochána, Dublin Castle
L-R: J.O’Neill (representative of Provisional Government); District Inspector E.Egan, R.I.C; Sonnie Meaney, Commandant I.R.A.; J.Lehane; Sean Healy; Mort Callaghan
A Public Crime Prevention meeting will take place on Tuesday 29th November at 8.30pm in the Wallis Arms Hotel. Members of An Garda Siochána will attend. Those wishing to renew or join the Millstreet Community Text Alert System for 2017 are invited to attend. All welcome. We thank Marie Twomey, Priest Cross for the important notice. (S.R.)
Gardaí at Millstreet Garda Station would like to take this opportunity to thank all the people of Millstreet and the surrounding areas for their overwhelming generosity at the Annual Coffee Morning in aid of Marymount Hospice, which took place on the 15th of November 2016. The total amount raised was €1,550.
Thanks to Sean Radley for advertising this fundraiser which is a cause close to everybody’s heart.
More of Seán’s photos from the day can be seen here.
Coordinator Sgt. Paul Lynch and his dedicated Team organised a truly splendid Coffee Morning and Afternoon on Monday, 14th Nov. 2016 in the welcoming setting of Millstreet Garda Station. There was a constant flow of people arriving to participate and to donate to such a worthy Hospice cause. Well done to All on such a very successful and inspiring (now annual) event. Click on the images to enlarge. (S.R.)
In the last few days, new Speed Camera Zones were announced for the country. Well, there is one very local to us, and it is from Charlie Cooper Tractors (beyond Tubrid Well) through Ballydaly to Guerin Motors (about a mile before Rathmore). Beyond that the roads covered that would affect us travelling to and from Millstreet:
Rathmore to Killarney: most of the road,
Macroom to Cork: most of the road
Dromtarriffe to Mallow: most of the road, and
The Butter Road (over Mushera): sections of the road as you get close to Cork
Speed Camera Zones around Millstreet. New are in RED, and current are in BLUE, and no longer covered are in GREEN
Pictured with his wife, Anne and extended Family, Sgt. Paul O’Donovan was accorded much richly deserved praise at the Wallis Arms Hotel on Thursday, 8th Jan. 2015 at his Retirement Party. Sgt. Paul’s superbly dedicated career in the Gardaí began in 1982 and ends today on 9th Jan. 2015. Here we share a selection of images recording some of the many presentations made to Sgt. Paul. Click on the pictures to enlarge. (S.R.)Work Colleagues join Sgt. Paul and Anne for a group photo. We are delighted to learn that Sgt. Paul, Anne and Family will continue to reside in Millstreet. Paul is a native of Killarney and has served in the Gardaí in Dublin, Cork, Coachford, Newmarket and of course Millstreet. We wish Sgt. Paul a very Happy Retirement and we extend best wishes to Anne (a native of Kenmare) and Family also.
Gardai have this evening urged the public to be on the lookout for a dark coloured Ford Focus saloon that has been linked to a number of break-ins to parked vehicles.
They are currently intensifying their hunt for the culprits following an alarming spate of thefts from cars. The latest alert follows a number of incidents this Saturday involving the targeting of parked vehicles in the Kerry and Cork area, where cars in Macroom, Millstreet and Rathmore have been broken into and goods were stolen today.
Gardaí issued a warning at 7.30pm this Saturday asking people to keep a close watch for the Focus that is now likely to be in or around the Killarney area, and have reiterated their plea to drivers not to leave any valuables in cars as the opportunist thieves are circling the area waiting to pounce. (full story from KillarneyToday.com)
Garda John Crowley from the Millstreet Station was on Patricia Messenger’s radio show on C103FM this morning, warning of an increase in crime in the general area of west/north west Cork county. Most notable were:
Distraction crime: where a group of people enter a shop and distract the owner, while one of the group steal something either in the shop or enter the office / store and take money / goods from there. Money, cigarettes and alcohol are their favourite targets. He advised to lock all back rooms when not in use.
As oil prices rise again, some are reverting to stealing home heating oil from homes and diesel from farms. Sometimes it’s just a jerry can, other times it’s the full delivery. Advise is to lock them and make the job as difficult as possible for anyone thinking of stealing your fuel.
Finally, outhouses are becoming a target too, so lock away anything worth stealing and be careful that anyone visiting the house / yard doesn’t get a good look around to see what would be worth stealing during the day or in the dead of the night. And if you are suspicious, of someone in the yard, write down the car/van registration for later use, so that your “visitors” can be tracked down at a later date.
So be careful and keep your things safely locked away.
